Post some plane pics, I feel like flying away....maybe I'll take a "drive in the sky"

[triguy46]

(the tagline for the Ercoupe because it had no pedals.)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Some of the plane pics from my Photobucket account:

[Haole Girl]

2. Here:

[Swede]

3. I like the look of the P-38 Lightning

[triguy46]

6. Very nice. Quite a plane.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. I worked for this airline,

a long time ago:

[cwydro]

5. ok

A Beechcraft out of the gate:

[triguy46]

7. Here's another. We had an identical one when I was a kid: can you ID it?

Hint, it's not a Cessna.

[MajorChode]

9. That's easy, it's a Luscombe

A buddy of mine has 3 of them.

[triguy46]

12. Woh, that was easy. How 'bout this one:

It carried a horrible reputation as difficult to land in cross wind. Also had hand pump retractable landing gear:

[MajorChode]

15. It's a swift

There's one very much like it at an airport close to my home. It's polished like that one, but the accents are red.

[triguy46]

16. Crap, you know all my old tricks. One more.

[MajorChode]

19. My first guess was a cub, but there's no bungees

The struts don't look quite the same either. If it's not a kit built, it's probably an Aeronca of some flavor.

[triguy46]

22. Yep, a Chief. Not as many of them as the Champ. I quit. You win....

I grew up in each of these planes, dad would buy them in sorry shape and with the help of a friend who was a AMP and corporate pilot would fix them up, fly them, sell them. We also had a super cub, a Musketeer, and a 140.

[MajorChode]

24. That would have been cool as hell

I assume you have read the book, "The Flight of Passage"?

[triguy46]

25. No, but I know of it, 2 teens, flying...

So, when I was 16 dad says, "If you'll buy the gas, I can get you ground school and lessons through the club (we were in a 10 plane syndicate at the time) and flight time is basically covered. What do you think?"

My reply, and what I now recount as the first bad decision of my life" "I'd rather have a motorcycle."

[MajorChode]

26. The story is basically the same

Two kids' dad would rebuild a plane in their barn over the winter. The two kids decide to do it themselves one winter and they fly a restored cub to California. It's an excellent read.

My dad always loved aviation, but he never got his pilot's ticket. We used to build model airplanes together and dream about flying. I was obsessed with them as a kid (and still am).

[MajorChode]

8. Here's the plane that lives in the hangar next to mine

Here's a plane I found sitting on the ramp at KGEY. There was another much like it doing engine runups also.


Even at 95 degrees + you still have the heater on up here:

[MajorChode]

10. Here's another

[triguy46]

11. Very, very cool. Where is this?

[MajorChode]

13. I'll give you a hint, it's very close to here:

If you look closely, you'll see the name of the airport on the ramp. The blank spot on the 2nd row of planes was where I was parked a few moments before:

[triguy46]

14. Ah. Didn't think it was Kansas. I was right.

[MajorChode]

17. You can see the strut in the upper right

[triguy46]

18. Is this near Marble Canyon?

[MajorChode]

21. IIRC, it's just southwest of marble canyon

I think it took that picture on the 2nd pass over the Grand Canyon, so I would have been flying through Dragon Corridor, but it could have just as well been the Fossil Canyon Corridor.

[ThoughtCriminal]

20. Six Turning, Four Burning

[triguy46]

23. The 'green' plane of tomorrow.

[MajorChode]

27. Here's another

This one was taken at about 12,500. The crater is so big, two guys in a Cessna 150 flew into it and couldn't get out back in the 60's. Some of the airplane wreckage is still inside the crater.

[av8rdave]

38. I dipped just below the rim of it once many years ago

[Mugu]

28. I don't have any private aviation photos.

But, I have these from Cornfest 2008 at DeKalb, IL. The old gal was quite a hit.

[MajorChode]

29. It looks like Sentimental Journey

[Mugu]

32. I'm not for sure, but that sounds right.

The bombardier's (forward) and navigator's station. Quite a view if it wasn't for the fact that the enemy was shooting at you.



The bomb bay. I was surprised at just how small it was.



The radio operator's station immediately behind the bomb bay.

[MajorChode]

33. The B-17's bomb bay was small because it carried a small bomb load

On long range missions, it could only carry about 2-3 tons of bombs. In comparison, a B-52 can carry about 35 tons of bombs and still fly a lot farther.

[bluesbassman]

30. Shot of CG C-130

Doing touch and go's at McClellan. Taken from a soccer field my daughter was playing on.

[cloudbase]

31. The only way to fly.

That propeller is only there to keep the pilot cool, because when it stops turning they sure start to sweat.

[Blue_Tires]

34. the world-famous (or infamous) de Havilland Comet:

with its distinctive inboard engines...

[Cannikin]

35. Here's an MD-11 doing t&g's at LIT, and me doing t&g at BUF

[av8rdave]

36. Me on my 4 ship solo, 1981

[triguy46]

47. Very impressive.

[Blue_Tires]

72. that photo is covered with awesome sauce...

who's taking it, though?

[av8rdave]

74. My best friend from the Academy and my roommate in flight school

By luck of the draw, I was fortunate enough to fly my 4 ship solo with him and his instructor, among others.

He was always a great photographer.

[Bertha Venation]

37. Not in flight, but my favorite airplane picture

My dad in his ultralight, which he built from a kit

[guitar man]

39. cool

Anybody know what this one is?

[MajorChode]

43. Looks like a Viking

[guitar man]

63. yep

Bellanca Super Viking, last airplane dad owned before he lost his medical. It was really slick and fast and a joy to fly.

[RT Atlanta]

40. RARE ONES: Eastern 747 & Singapore Airlines Concorde

from the way way back machine (airliners.net):





(edited to add Concorde photo)

[Blue_Tires]

71. i still remember taking Eastern everywhere with my parents as a kid

[guitar man]

41. or how about this one?

[MajorChode]

44. Looks like a Piper Pacer

or some other type of short wing Piper

[guitar man]

64. close

It's a Taylorcraft :hi:

[Schema Thing]

42. oh cool; my father was a test pilot for ercoupe

[triguy46]

48. It is also the first plane that John Travolta owned.

[Brother Buzz]

45. T-50 Out of the clear blue of the western sky comes... Sky King

[MajorChode]

46. I'm not sure why, but to this day Penny still manages to give me a semi

[Brother Buzz]

49. You and the entire heterosexual male audience

Jimmy Carter mentioned something about lusting years ago. I suspect he was thinking of Penny, too. ;)

[triguy46]

50. "Fire up the Songbird, Penny!"

My BIL did the flying shots when they used the 310. Also flew it for "Sky" during promo visits. BIL sat in right side so "Sky" would be in the 'pilots' seat when they would pull up. "Sky" would be doing exaggerated steering motions with his arms, while BIL steered the 310 with the pedals. What a joke!

[Brother Buzz]

55. On the flip of that wonderful story...

I had an old friend, a retired airline pilot, that flew one of the surplus T50's that was granted a one day license from the FAA. He took off from Long Beach and flew around So Cal/Apple Valley while they filmed stock footage. He landed the plane in Apple Valley where it became part of the set. I don't know if it's a true story, but as the saying goes, "De mortuis, nihil nisi bonum".

[triguy46]

57. After that gig...

my BIL, then retired jet fighter jock, went into advertising, and spent many days doing things like flying Cessnas over the Golden Gate for stock photo images, etc. A tough gig. Also did some hot flying for Cessna for dealer shows, did a slow roll over the runway in a 210 in wichita to the consternation of ATC.

[Ptah]

51. Lake Powell AirCam Clip 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJP97CHdTTE

[MajorChode]

52. Lake Powell

[triguy46]

53. So, Majorchode, are you a pro or extremely avid pleasure flyer?

You have great knowlege of obscure planes and some fantastic pics? What do you fly?

[MajorChode]

54. Just a Cessna 182

I just recently got back into photography. After many years of my old film camera just sitting on the shelf I finally got a decent digital camera.

Most of the planes listed aren't all that obscure. I see most of them flying around every weekend around here. I'm not really all that good at identifying them, it's just the ones listed so far are pretty easy.

[triguy46]

56. Good on ya' mate, private aviation isn't what it used to be...

and a 182 is a nice ride. Not a Citation, but a nice ride nonetheless.

[MajorChode]

58. You don't get there all that fast

However, I've flown it to within site of Mexico, Canada, the Atlantic, and the Pacific. It still beats the hell out of driving.

[Ptah]

60. Your photographs are magnificent.

Thank you.

[bluedigger]

59. Here's a fairly rare one for you.

I used to own this one in another life.

[MajorChode]

62. It's another short wing Piper

[bluedigger]

67. You are correct, sir!

It is a PA-16 Piper Clipper, built in 1949. My ex and I bought it for $7,000 in the 80's. It came like that, so don't blame me for the ugly paint. Still registered and flying (but repainted), as far as I know. My flight instructor was a big man from Iowa, and I'm no lightweight, either. It truly had "the glide ratio of a brick" when we went up together. We never tried carrying four in it, despite the back seat. Made a good luggage compartment, though. Had a lot of fun learning to fly in a taildragger, except when I groundlooped it and took out the runway light. Also it had an aux fuel tank in the right(?) wing, which made for some interesting flight characteristics when fully fueled. Main tank was under the instrument panel in front of our knees. Had sticks, not yokes, and two sets of rudder pedals, but only one set of pedals were connected to brakes. Instructor was at my mercy on the ground. Did I mention groundlooping it? I had to solo on a grass field, because it was just too fast on asphault. That was the last time I flew, too, as I was on orders to Germany, and the wife took it in the divorce, before I ever had another chance.

[guitar man]

65. Pioer Pacer nt

[bluedigger]

69. Really close!

Without seeing the cockpit I don't think anyone but an expert could tell them apart. Sticks, not yokes. See my reply above to majorchode.

[Skittles]

61. landing in Chicago

[NJmaverick]

66. Here you go

[Parche]

68. DC-10

[amerikat]

70. I'd like to build one of these.

Zenith CH 801. 4 seat STOL.






Video here...http://www.zenithair.com/stolch801/index1.html

[MajorChode]

76. I have a friend that's building a CH-601

He is about 95% complete with it. He's waiting to see if they are going to release a fix for the wing falling off problem.

[amerikat]

77. really?(nt)

[MajorChode]

78. The NTSB recommended grounding all CH-601XLs, but the FAA hasn't ordered that yet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Zodiac#Zenith_CH601_XL

[MineralMan]

73. I'll be in one of these tomorrow at 7 AM:

[MajorChode]

75. I'll be in one of these tomorrow at 7 AM:

[MajorChode]

81. Just got back

3 approaches to minimums, stalls, steep turns, a chandelle, unusual attitudes, a short field landing, and a few other misc things.

BFR is good for another 2 years (even though I get one every year).

[av8rdave]

80. I'll be in one of those all next week

Different colors, of course.

[ZoltarSpeaks]

79. My labor of love

Started building it in 1983 and finished it in 1985. Sold it a couple years ago, though, after I gave myself a hernia propping it.